Merchants of Grain
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Merchants of Grain
| Full title | Merchants of Grain: The Power and Profits of the Five Giant Companies at the Center of the World's Food Supply |
|---|---|
| Author | Dan Morgan |
| Published | 1979 |
| Pages | 406 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Dan Morgan’s history of the five family trading houses — Cargill, Continental, Bunge, Dreyfus, André — that moved most of the world’s grain, including the 1972 Soviet purchase that caught Washington unaware. Still the standard account of how much of a global commodity market can sit inside a handful of private firms. |
Where I heard about it
- Replies to @WillManidis — named in the replies to his question “what is the single best book you can read that will explain an entire industry?” (as “The Grain Merchants”), June 2025. Full list: what is the single best book… (tweet).
Connections
- what is the single best book… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
- Grain · Agriculture — the commodity.
- Supply Chain — the trading houses are the chain.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.